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This state has voted with the winner in...
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Mike, you know I wouldn't do this
if it weren't big:
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Florida goes for Al Gore.
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CNN announces that we call Florida
in the Al Gore column.
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Then something called the Fox News Channel
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called the election in favor of the other guy.
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Sorry to interrupt you;
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Fox News now projects George W. Bush
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the winner in Florida
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and thus it appears
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the winner of the Presidency of the United States.
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All of a sudden the other networks said,
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"Hey, if Fox said it, it must be true.
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All of us networks made a mistake
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and projected Florida in the Al Gore column.
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It was our mistake.
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Now what most people don't know
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is that the man who was in charge
of the decision desk
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at Fox that night,
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the man who called it for Bush
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was none other than Bush's first cousin,
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John Ellis.
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How does someone like Bush
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get away with something like this?
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Well first,
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it helps if your brother
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is the Governor of the state in question.
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You know something,
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we are gonna win Florida,
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mark my words.
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You can write it down.
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Second,
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make sure the chairman of your campaign
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is also the vote count woman.
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And that her state has hired a company
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that's gonna knock voters off the roles
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who aren't likely to vote for you.
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You can usually tell 'em
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by the color of their skin.
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Then make sure your side fights
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like it's life or death.
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I think all of this talk about
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legitimacy is way overblown.
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And hope that the other side
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will just sit by and wait for the phone to ring.
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And even if numerous independent investigations
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prove that Gore got the most votes...
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If there was a statewide recount,
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under every scenario,
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Gore won the election.
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It won't matter,
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just so long as all of your daddy's friends
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on the Sue-preme Court vote the right way.
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While I strongly disagree
with the Court's decision,
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I accept it.